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Photograph was edited for publication purposes Photograph caption dated March 4, 1965 reads, "Truck driver Charles Flygare, 23, Culver City, at West Park Hospital, Canoga Park, tells Officer M. V. Smith harrowing details of his kidnaping [sic] and hijacking of his liquor truck by two men yesterday in Tarzana. Flygare was shot in the shoulder when he wrestled with one of the hijackers for a rifle."
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1 photographic print :b&w ;21 x 26 cm. Photographic prints
West Park Hospital (Los Angeles, Calif.) Kidnapping--California--Los Angeles Robbery--California--Los Angeles Victims of crimes--California--Los Angeles Kidnapping victims--California--Los Angeles Police--California--Los Angeles Hospital patients--California--Los Angeles Men--California--Los Angeles Gunshot wounds--California--Los Angeles Medical supplies--California--Los Angeles Interiors--California--Canoga Park (Los Angeles) Hospitals--California--Canoga Park (Los Angeles) Canoga Park (Los Angeles, Calif.) Valley Times Collection photographs
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